In Tokyo’s hectic Shibuya district, the bespoke wooden speakers beckoning from the double-height wall are the stars of Meikyoku Kissa Lion. Enlivened by a statement chandelier, the dark, moody, ...

It’s getting close to 9 p.m. in Brickell, and the Listening Bar at Kaori is buzzing with activity. Guests are sipping plum liquor cocktails and nibbling on king crab spring rolls, sashimi, and other ...

Not quite like a gig or going clubbing, but there's a new night out spreading in cities around the world: an evening at a "listening bar". An increasing number of venues are adopting the concept, ...

In the 1920s, jazz kissa, or listening bars, began popping up in Japan, and by the 1950s, they had become quite popular in the country. Kissa embraced the concept known commonly as hi-fi in the United ...

From Tokyo’s jazz kissa to new venues in Brooklyn, Barcelona, Milan and Rotterdam, sound returns to the center of ...

Digital music gave us the technology, and the freedom, to listen to whatever we want, whenever we want. But more and more people are going back to older, analog ways of listening.

The number of listening bars is ‘exploding’, according to one owner – Copyright AFP Lluis GENE Not quite like a gig or going clubbing, but there’s a new night ...